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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, November 20, 2024

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor L. de Courcy

To ask the Chief Executive what is the cost of pruning, cutting down and replanting trees on an annual basis in Clondalkin with a breakdown of the costs involved?

REPLY:

The revenue budget for 2025 was agreed by the elected members at the annual budget meeting which was held on Thursday November 14th and includes a provision for tree and hedgerow management for the entire county of €4.59 million.  The budget is not broken down by electoral area, nor is expenditure on the agreed tree works programme recorded to give a breakdown by electoral area.  The overall budget provision includes for the planting of 3,500 trees across the county in 2025 and the portion of the budget required for the planting programme is in the region of €650,000.